1. Harry’s head was swimming. Hagrid, meanwhile, was counting bricks in the wall above the dustbin.
dustbin n. (家庭用的)垃圾箱〔桶〕
dustbin room 垃圾间
2.The brick he had touched quivered – it wriggled – in the middle, a small hole appeared – it grew wider and wider – a second later they were facing an archway large enough even for Hagrid, an archway on to a cobbled street which twisted and turned out of sight.
quiver vt. & vi. 微颤, 抖动 vt. 使震动 n. 抖动; 颤音
wriggle vi. 扭动;蠕动;蜿蜒行进 vt. (使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做，逃避(应做的事等) n. 蠕动, 扭动
archway n.拱门,拱道
cobble vt. 粗劣地制作,草率地拼凑;修(鞋);匆匆制作； 胡乱拼凑； 粗制滥
3.The sun shone brightly on a stack of cauldrons outside the nearest shop. Cauldrons – All Sizes – Copper, Brass, Pewter, Silver – Self-Stirring – Collapsible said a sign hanging over them.
cauldron n. 大汽锅，大锅；煮皂锅
4.A plump woman outside an apothecary’s was shaking her head as they passed, saying, ‘Dragon liver, sixteen Sickles an ounce, they’re mad …’
apothecary n.药剂师；药店
ounce n. 盎司；少量；雪豹
5. Harry had never seen before, windows stacked with barrels of bat spleens and eels’ eyes, tottering piles of spell books, quills and rolls of parchment, potion bottles, globes of the moon …
stack n. 堆；堆叠 vt. 使堆叠；把…堆积起来 vi. 堆积，堆叠
spleen n. 脾脏；坏脾气；怒气
totter vi. 蹒跚；踉跄 n. 蹒跚的步子
6.Standing beside its burnished bronze doors, wearing a uniform of scarlet and gold, was –
burnish vt. 擦亮；使…光亮；将…打磨光亮 n. 光泽；抛光；闪闪发光 vi. 磨光发亮
7.‘Yeah, that’s a goblin,’ said Hagrid quietly as they walked up the white stone steps towards him.
gobin n. 小妖精,丑妖精
8.He had a swarthy, clever face, a pointed beard and, Harry noticed, very long fingers and feet.
swarthy adj. 黑皮肤的；黝黑的
9.About a hundred more goblins were sitting on high stools behind a long counter, scribbling in large ledgers, weighing coins on brass scales, examining precious stones through eyeglasses.
scribble n. 潦草写成的东西；潦草的写法；杂文 vt. 乱写；滥写；潦草地书写 vi. 乱写；乱涂
10.‘Got it here somewhere,’ said Hagrid and he started emptying his pockets on to the counter, scattering a handful of mouldy dog-biscuits over the goblin’s book of numbers.
scatter vi. 分散，散开；散射 vt. 使散开，使分散；使散射；使散播，使撒播 n. 分散；散播，撒播
mouldy n. 鱼雷 adj. 旧式的；发霉的；腐朽的
11.Once Hagrid had crammed all the dog biscuits back inside his pockets, he and Harry followed Griphook towards one of the doors leading off the hall.
cramm adj.塞满的;挤满的
12.At first they just hurtled through a maze of twisting passages.
hurtle vi.猛冲, 疾飞